Cierre Wood opened the scoring for Notre Dame with a 62-yard sprint up the middle of the field for a score. Manti Te'o's interception helped preserve a 20-13 Notre Dame lead with 4:30 left in the fourth and the Irish sealed the victory by scoring the game's final 10 points.

Notre Dame moves to 8-0 on the season and faces the Pittsburgh Panthers (3-4) this Saturday in South Bend.

The Navy Midshipmen (5-3) bounced back from a 1-3 start to their 2012 campaign with four straight wins. Their latest was their most convincing, a 56-28 dismantling of East Carolina (5-4). Senior slotback Gee Gee Greene rushed for 132 yards on 14 carries in the victory. On Saturday they return to Annapolis to host Florida Atlantic (2-6).

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